Comparison
Fresha is a global salon booking marketplace with a "free" subscription model, funded by per-booking commissions on new clients booked through their marketplace, plus card-processing fees. Trimsy is an Australian SaaS that charges a fixed monthly subscription with 0% per-booking commission. Here's how they actually stack up.
Pricing and features checked against Fresha's public pages on 24 September 2026.
For salons that hate giving away 20–35% of every Fresha-marketplace booking — or want to own the client relationship without the marketplace pulling them away.
Every row is checked against their own published pricing and feature pages, not a summary of them.
| TrimsyAU-built — fixed monthly fee, 0% per-booking commission | FreshaA$44.95/mo solo, or A$29.95 per team member | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fixed monthly subscription from $24.99/mo | Subscription from A$44.95/mo solo (A$29.95 per team member), plus marketplace commission |
| Per-booking commission | 0% — always | 20% one-time on a brand-new marketplace client (min A$8); returning clients free |
| Card-processing fee | Pay your own Stripe / Square rate (~1.7%–2.2% AU) | 1.29% + A$0.26 in person, 1.59% + A$0.28 online (Fresha Pay) |
| Walk-in queue management | Yes — kiosk + queue dashboard built in | No — booking-only |
| Customer ownership | Your data, your customer — never resold | Marketplace exposes your clients to competing salons |
| Hosted booking page | Yes — your own subdomain (yourname.trimsy.au) | Yes — fresha.com/yoursalon (Fresha-branded) |
| Online deposits / prepayments | Yes — Stripe Connect or Square | Yes — built-in |
| Staff rosters & timesheets | Built-in | Add-on |
| Multi-location | Yes — included on Growth plan | Yes |
| SMS reminders | Per-tenant Twilio at-cost — no markup | Bundled credits, then per-message charge |
| Inventory & retail POS | Receipt printing + Square Terminal | Yes — full retail |
| Country focus | Built for Australia (GST, AUD, AU billing) | Global — strongest in UK / EU |
| Lock-in | Cancel any time, export your data | No subscription lock-in (free), but commission-locked once on marketplace |
Where Trimsy is the better fit
Where Fresha is
No. Trimsy is a fixed monthly subscription. There is no commission on bookings made through Trimsy — whether they come from your booking page, walk-ins, or a returning client. You only pay your card-processor (Stripe or Square) their standard rate.
Yes. Fresha lets you export your client database as a CSV; Trimsy has a CSV importer that maps name, email, phone, birthday, and notes. You'll keep all booking history once they re-book through Trimsy.
Fresha Pay charges 1.29% + A$0.26 in person and 1.59% + A$0.28 online (checked September 2026). With Trimsy you connect your own Stripe Connect or Square account and pay whatever rate you qualify for. The difference on card rates is modest — the bigger one is the subscription and the marketplace commission on new clients.
Probably yes. Fresha's marketplace traffic is real and meaningful — that's what the 35% commission pays for. If your business depends on marketplace discovery, Fresha may still be the right fit. If most of your clients come from Instagram, Google, word-of-mouth, or your own website, Trimsy will be cheaper.
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